2018 Clubhouse: Kansas City Royals

56. Danny Duffy

57. Kelvin Herrera

58. Whit Merrifield

59. Mike Moustakas

60. Salvador Pérez 

This Royals roster looks pretty picked over with 40% no longer being on the squad now. It'll be interesting to see who would make the 5-card setlist for next season.

Pérez and Merrifield are the signers for the Royals, so basically the lone remaining face of the franchise and their clear-cut best player, respectively. All things considered, not bad for Royals fans.

Pérez gets the wood parallel here since it'd probably be the most sough-after Royals card in the whole product.

2017 PENNANT BOX BREAK - PACK 14

156. Wilson Ramos

284. Lorenzo Cain

105. Ryan Buchter

18. Jesse Hahn

41. Gregory Polanco

21. Matt Moore

210. Johnny Cueto

230. Mark Trumbo

8. Kelvin Herrera

TB15R. Kolten Wong - Throwback Relic

I always like doing the Throwbacks relic cards with the throwback jerseys. They’re a little more unique than regular old relic cards using the odd colors like powder blue here.

2017 SPIRIT BOX BREAK - PACK 22

23. Kelvin Herrera

296. Zach Duke

129. Nomar Mazara

199. Tanner Roark

62. Danny Farquhar

182. Matt Shoemaker

15. Eric Hosmer

4. David Phelps

206. Tyler Austin (RC)

G229. Christian Friedrich

ART11. Sueng-hwan Oh - All-Rookie Team

Looks like another Missouri-centric pack. If that Mazara photo looks familiar, you may have seen it elsewhere on cardboard. It seems to happen a few times every year where Topps and I independently select the same photo. I try to avoid using ones I know they've used but these cards were designed before theirs saw the light of day.

2014 Spirit Base: 581-590

#581 - Anthony Bass
I wish the Astros had an actual sunset alternative uniform instead of just using these BP jerseys in the game.

#582 - Kelvin Herrera
After leaving Game 1 on Thursday, Herrera says he'll be ready for Game 3 of the ALDS tonight. I'm sure the Royals would prefer James Shields to go 7 and not need to chance it with Herrera though.

#583 - C.J. Cron
Cron had a decent rookie season and should probably get a few ROY votes.

#584 - Chris Withrow
Add him to the list of pitchers with pitching-related names. (Bob Walk, Grant Balfour, Josh Outman, etc.)

#585 - Jeff Baker
You could probably cut him out of the context of a baseball diamond and place him in a scene like this and he'd fit right in. Apologies in advance for getting that song stuck in your head.

#586 - Matt Garza
INTENSIEST FACE

#587 - Eduardo Escobar
This is a great shot from a unique angle. I couldn't resist including it.

#588 - Anthony Recker
I bet he has some famous relatives.

#589 - Brendan Ryan
Expect the Yankees to sign or trade for a big name shortstop this offseason. No way will they want to go with Ryan for 162 games nexts year.

#590 - Derek Norris
Norris was one of 6 A's to make the AL All-Star team this year. I'm guessing if they went back to the old days of 2 All-Star games each year, that might not be the same number.